Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-10-23
BELLAIRE.
Paragraphs and Small Items Relating to
the Glass City.
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the Glass City.
OUR PoSToFFICE.
The cities all around US have had the
good fortune to secure the delivery service,
and it is high time that our people take
some step in the same direction. The gov
eminent requires that an Office do Sl0,-
900 business before application is made for
free delivery system. The BeiiaiTe post
Office for the past two or three years has
done business Of between eight and nine
thousand dollars, and this year the amount
will be larger than ever before. A little
exertion on the part of our manufacturers
and merchants would run the receipts to
the amount required, and then the Glass
City could put on metropolitan airs and
have postmen carry all mail that comes to
our people. There would be one or two
objections to the new arrangement, one OF
which is that all drop letters that now
take a cent stamp would require two
cent stamp If our people want tree de-
livery it behooves all interested to take
hand in increasing the revenue OF the post
office very materially before this years
business is up.
OUR INDUSTRIES.
The various factories of the city are
running in full at present, and appear
ances indicate good holiday trade. The
nail factory has made less time, perhaps,
OF late, than any one manufacturing insti-
tuition in Bellaire, but the workmen enter
tain the idea that the wheels of this I'M
pOrtant industry will revOlve with regu-
larity until after the first of the year.
The window glass houses were tardy about
resuming, but they are doing we'll now,
the only factory reporting bad luck since
the start being the Bellaire, which lost
one or two pots. The repairs on the
Stamping Company are nearing compile
ton. When this works has its new ma
chinery in operation it will be one of the
largest concerns OF the kind in the coun-
try. The flint houses are filling orders
as fast as possible, but are not able 10
keep up, but the rush of trade is probably
ouly temporary.
THE WATER WORKS.
1t begins to look more and more as if
the new pumps at the water works are not
what the city expected. Every two or
three months there is q break down Of
some kind and the old pumps have to be
resorted 10. Last week both of the new
pumps gave out at once, but one of them
has since been repaired. In the meantime
it has been found necessary to work the
old pumps duringth day and the new one
which has been patched up is kept on duty
at night. When plans were suggested Of
machinery for the new power house, Ed
ward Jones, manager of the blast furnace,
PRESENTED a diagram of pumps similar to
those in use by the city at that time, only
on a larger scale, but the suggestion was
laid aside and unknown machinery intro
duced, the folly of which action is now
apparent. The old pumps are as good rs
when they were set in operation, but the
supply OF water thrown by them was in
adequate for the demand and the new
work was found necessary. We are in
formed that the old plungers in compari
son, cost cents to operate where the new
ones cost dollars.
THE BABY SHOW.
The exhibition of babies in the A. NJ.
T. Church Thursday evening was sue
cess beyond expectations. Over twenty
| little chcrubs were there with their
mothers contesing for hOnors. The at
tendance was quite large and consisted OF
both white and colOred folks. The ex-
hibitiOn WAS open to contestants of what,
ever color, and white baby took one OF
the prizes To see the fond mothers fond
| ling and keeping their innocent offspring
out of tears and trouble was show Of
| itself OF course some of the ladies were
not satisfied, but the church was not able
to give all exhibitors prizes as it would
have liked, but hopes to be able to satisfy
all the next time. The affair was in aid
of the church and was material success.
The names of the lucky contestants are:
Rena Barnes, white, gold bracelet; Leslie
Grey, colOred, silver cup. Annie AL
bright was given the prize for the heaviest
baby under years of age.
OUR RAILROADS.
For long time the B. & o. and c. & p.
roads have been the only means by which
our merchants and manufacturers could
send out or receive goods by rail, but mat
tiers have begun to change Of late, and not
any too soOn, either, as appearances indi-
cate that while the Il. & o. company, is
still operated by the old company, it is
more or less at the mercy of the Pennsyl-
vania company, owing to late monetary ar
engagements. Thus Bellaire was really
getting in a position to have no railroad
competition, but the c., l.. q W. road has
timely made its appearance and relieved
the anxiety, The new road has purchased
the property of David Rice and BOlte Bros.
in the Fourth ward, rs these lots were in
the way of the extension, and it is believed
that the c., L. & w. will be permanently
located in this city after January 1st, with
depot near the Belmont glass works.
THE SOCIETY MAN
has not been doing much for himself of
late There have been few elegant parties
and fewer tony" weddings. All he has
been able to do is to take his best girl and
his cane and go to the opera. The street
fair should have been a good thing for the
society man, but it wasn't The fashion
was cut in great numbers during the occa-
siOD, but the novelty of free street exhi-
bition was so great that all else was lost in
Oblivion, and the gent with the gOld-headed
cane was compelled to see all the show, as
the young ladies took no interest in any
thing else, and it is the proper caper to do
Just what the dear, good girls do, even lift
is against the grain. However, it is ex-
pected that several society events of impor
lance will transpire before the season is
over
FIRE IN WOODS.
Several days ago fire was noticed in
one of the woods of VIM. Gregg, whose
farm is six miles west OF BellaiTe. At
tempts were made to extiLguish the
flames. but proved futile, and the cOnfa-
grafton spread all through the woods and
on TO an adjoining farm, the property OF
Ross johnson, where it is at present, de-
vastating acres Of timber land. The fire
has been checked several times, but it
breaks out anew, and the whole neighbor-
hood is in danger. Another fire occurred
Friday on the farm of Israel Day. Some
one had been burning brush on John
Zilch's farm, when the wind carried some
sparks into q field of timber near by, the
property OF Mr.. Day. The flames licked
a path up narrow valley, and before ex-
tinguished had destroyed ten acres of
timber and reduced all fences in its path
to ashes. The loss cannot be estimated.